Karen Black
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Karen Black (July 1, 1939 – August 8, 2013) was an American actress, screenwriter, singer and songwriter. She is noted for appearing in such films as Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, The Great Gatsby, The Day of the Locust, Nashville, Airport 1975, and Alfred Hitchcock's final film, Family Plot. Over the course of her career, she won two Golden Globe Awards (out of three nominations), and an Academy Award nomination in 1970 for Best Supporting Actress, among numerous other honors. Description above from the Wikipedia article Karen Black, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Jul 1, 1939 In Park Ridge, Illinois, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 138
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Prime Time 1960-04-01
- Latest Project:
- Movie Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street 2019-04-05
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street | Self (archive footage) | 2019-04-05 |
| Movie | Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief | Self (archive footage) | 2015-01-25 |
| Movie | Wild in Blue | Justine | 2014-05-05 |
| Movie | Ooga Booga | Mrs. Allardyce | 2013-03-12 |
| Movie | She Loves Me Not | Karla | 2013-06-09 |
| Movie | Mommy's Little Monster | Mrs. Melnick | 2012-01-01 |
| Movie | OowieWanna | The Donna | 2012-02-18 |
| Movie | Maria My Love | Maria | 2012-04-17 |
| Movie | Dark Blood | Motel Woman | 2012-09-27 |
| Movie | Letters from the Big Man | Sean's Colleague | 2011-11-11 |
| Movie | Nothing Special | May | 2010-01-01 |
| Movie | BBStory: An American Film Renaissance | Self | 2010-11-23 |
| Movie | Irene in Time | Sheila Shivvers | 2009-06-19 |
| Movie | Repo Chick | Aunt De La Chasse | 2009-09-09 |
| Movie | No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos | Self | 2009-01-11 |
| Movie | Stuck! | 2009-11-15 | |
| Movie | Double Duty | Annabelle | 2009-12-08 |
| Movie | Contamination | Mavis | 2008-05-01 |
| Movie | A Single Woman | Storyteller | 2008-09-21 |
| Movie | Watercolors | Mrs. Martin | 2008-06-07 |
| Movie | Ghost Writer | Renee | 2007-03-09 |
| Movie | Hollywood Dreams | Luna | 2007-05-25 |
| Movie | One Long Night | Barbara | 2007-03-25 |
| Movie | Wanderlust | Herself | 2006-07-12 |
| Movie | Dr. Rage | Molly | 2005-01-01 |
| Movie | Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula | Agrippina | 2005-06-15 |
| Movie | America Brown | Marianne Brown | 2005-10-28 |
| Movie | Firecracker | Sandra / Eleanor | 2005-10-11 |
| Movie | House of 1000 Corpses | Mother Firefly | 2003-04-11 |
| Movie | Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood | Self | 2003-03-09 |
| Movie | Paris | Chantelle | 2003-06-06 |
| Movie | Best of Tromadance Film Festival: Volume 1 | ("Los Vampirios Moronious" short) | 2002-02-19 |
| Movie | Soulkeeper | Martha la Magnifica | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | Plotting 'Family Plot' | Self | 2001-03-06 |
| Movie | Gypsy 83 | Bambi LeBleau | 2001-10-18 |
| Series | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
| Movie | Fallen Arches | Lucy Romano | 2000-01-15 |
| Movie | Red Dirt | Aunt Summer | 2000-03-17 |
| Movie | The Independent | Karen Black | 2000-11-10 |
| Movie | Paradise Cove | Ma | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Conceiving Ada | Lady Byron / Mother Coer | 1999-02-19 |
| Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
| Movie | Mascara | Aunt Eloise | 1999-05-07 |
| Movie | Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage | Self | 1999-10-07 |
| Movie | Light Speed | High Priestess | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs | Self | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | Invisible Dad | Courtney Whitmer | 1998-03-24 |
| Movie | I Woke Up Early the Day I Died | Whip Lady | 1998-09-13 |
| Movie | Charades | Jude | 1998-12-17 |
| Movie | Angel Blue | Social Worker | 1998-11-15 |
| Movie | Stir | Dr. Gabrielle Kessler | 1997-07-01 |
| Movie | Men | Alex | 1997-10-23 |
| Movie | Cries of Silence | Rose Walsh | 1996-05-01 |
| Movie | Crimetime | Millicent | 1996-08-01 |
| Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
| Movie | Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering | June Rhodes | 1996-10-08 |
| Movie | Dogtown | Rose Van Horn | 1996-10-01 |
| Movie | Starstruck | Bertha | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | Dinosaur Valley Girls | Ro-Kell | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | Plan 10 from Outer Space | Nehor | 1995-02-23 |
| Movie | Return of the Roller Blade Seven | Tarot | 1993-04-15 |
| Movie | Legend of The Roller Blade Seven | Tarot | 1993-06-25 |
| Series | Moon Over Miami | Unknown | 1993-09-15 |
| Movie | Bound and Gagged: A Love Story | Carla | 1993-10-22 |
| Movie | Final Judgement | Mrs. Sorrel | 1992-06-01 |
| Movie | Judgement | Tiffany Powers | 1992-08-05 |
| Movie | The Player | Karen Black | 1992-04-03 |
| Movie | The Double 0 Kid | Mrs. Elliot | 1992-09-07 |
| Movie | Auntie Lee's Meat Pies | Auntie Lee | 1992-10-21 |
| Movie | The Killers Edge | Barrett | 1991-04-12 |
| Movie | Caged Fear | Blanche | 1991-05-17 |
| Movie | The Roller Blade Seven | Tarot | 1991-09-06 |
| Movie | Quiet Fire | Kim Martino | 1991-10-31 |
| Movie | Twisted Justice | Mrs. Granger | 1990-03-20 |
| Movie | Overexposed | Mrs. Trowbridge | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | Evil Spirits | Ella Purdy | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | Zapped Again! | Homeroom Teacher | 1990-04-14 |
| Movie | Club Fed | Sally Rich | 1990-08-09 |
| Movie | Mirror Mirror | Susan Gordon | 1990-10-19 |
| Movie | Haunting Fear | Dr. Julia Harcourt | 1990-08-01 |
| Movie | Night Angel | Rita | 1990-06-02 |
| Movie | The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway | Martha Gelhorn | 1988-01-01 |
| Movie | The Invisible Kid | Mom | 1988-03-30 |
| Movie | Out of the Dark | Ruth Wilson | 1988-06-02 |
| Movie | Dixie Lanes | Zelma Putnam | 1988-05-03 |
| Movie | It's Alive III: Island of the Alive | Ellen Jarvis | 1987-05-27 |
| Movie | The Little Mermaid | Sea Witch | 1987-04-06 |
| Movie | Hostage | Laura Lawrence | 1987-10-01 |
| Movie | Flight of the Spruce Goose | Gloria | 1986-01-17 |
| Movie | Savage Dawn | Rachel | 1986-05-22 |
| Movie | Invaders from Mars | Linda Magnusson | 1986-06-06 |
| Movie | Eternal Evil | Janus | 1985-01-04 |
| Movie | Martin's Day | Karen | 1985-02-22 |
| Series | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown | 1984-09-30 |
| Movie | Bad Manners | Gladys Fitzpatrick | 1984-11-11 |
| Movie | Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? | Zee | 1983-09-10 |
| Series | The Hitchhiker | Unknown | 1983-11-01 |
| Movie | Miss Right | Amy | 1982-01-01 |
| Movie | The Last Horror Film | Karen Black (uncredited) | 1982-08-12 |
| Movie | Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean | Joanne | 1982-11-12 |
| Movie | Separate Ways | Valentine Colby | 1981-05-01 |
| Movie | Chanel Solitaire | Emilienne d'Alençon | 1981-01-01 |
| Movie | The Grass Is Singing | Mary Turner | 1981-08-30 |
| Movie | Power | Rose Vanda-Buchanan | 1980-01-14 |
| Movie | Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop | Investigator Evelyn Carter | 1980-04-28 |
| Movie | Mr. Horn | Ernestina Crawford | 1979-02-01 |
| Movie | The Last Word | Paula Herbert | 1979-10-10 |
| Movie | Killer Fish | Kate | 1979-12-07 |
| Movie | In Praise of Older Women | Maya | 1978-09-22 |
| Movie | The Squeeze | Clarisse Saunders | 1978-10-25 |
| Movie | The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver | Miriam Oliver / Sandy | 1977-02-28 |
| Movie | Capricorn One | Judy Drinkwater | 1977-12-10 |
| Movie | Family Plot | Fran | 1976-04-09 |
| Movie | Crime and Passion | Susan Winters | 1976-02-06 |
| Movie | The Day of the Locust | Faye Greener | 1975-05-07 |
| Movie | Trilogy of Terror | Julie / Millicent Larimore / Therese Larimore / Amelia | 1975-03-04 |
| Movie | Nashville | Connie White | 1975-06-11 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Movie | The Great Gatsby | Myrtle Wilson | 1974-03-27 |
| Movie | Rhinoceros | Daisy | 1974-01-21 |
| Movie | Law and Disorder | Gloria | 1974-10-09 |
| Movie | Airport 1975 | Nancy Pryor | 1974-10-18 |
| Movie | Little Laura and Big John | Laura | 1973-05-03 |
| Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
| Movie | The Pyx | Elizabeth Lucy | 1973-09-08 |
| Movie | The Outfit | Bett Harrow | 1973-10-19 |
| Movie | Cisco Pike | Sue | 1972-01-14 |
| Series | Ghost Story | Unknown | 1972-09-15 |
| Movie | Portnoy's Complaint | Mary Jane Reid a.k.a. Monkey | 1972-06-19 |
| Movie | Drive, He Said | Olive | 1971-06-13 |
| Movie | Born to Win | Parm | 1971-12-01 |
| Movie | Five Easy Pieces | Rayette Dipesto | 1970-09-12 |
| Movie | Hard Contract | Ellen | 1969-04-30 |
| Movie | Easy Rider | Karen | 1969-06-26 |
| Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
| Movie | You're a Big Boy Now | Amy Partlett | 1966-12-09 |
| Series | The Big Valley | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
| Movie | The Prime Time | Betty | 1960-04-01 |